Question about Mouse and MousePad

[Sarah]

Hi,

I got some stains on my mousepad and so I removed it from my desk to clean
it.

While it was drying, I needed to use my computer, and therefore used the
mouse without the pad. I actually found there to be no difference rolling
the mouse across the wooden desktop and, I might say, even a bit more
comfortable and efficient.

My question, therefore, is are mousepads really necessary anymore on
surfaces that permit the mouse to be functional? And am I doing any damage
to the mouseball in the process? By the way, the mouse is a Microsoft
Intellimouse 1.1A.

Thanks in advance for any feedback/advice!

Sarah

[Peter]

Hi,

You can use your mouse on any clean and smooth surface other than glass surface (not for optical mouse) but a good mouse pad is definitely helpful for moving the mouse pointer quickly and precisely.

----- Sarah wrote: -----

Hi,

I got some stains on my mousepad and so I removed it from my desk to clean
it.

While it was drying, I needed to use my computer, and therefore used the
mouse without the pad. I actually found there to be no difference rolling
the mouse across the wooden desktop and, I might say, even a bit more
comfortable and efficient.

My question, therefore, is are mousepads really necessary anymore on
surfaces that permit the mouse to be functional? And am I doing any damage
to the mouseball in the process? By the way, the mouse is a Microsoft
Intellimouse 1.1A.

Thanks in advance for any feedback/advice!

Sarah

[Kenny]

use your mouse on the desk if you see a better performance. All mousepads
are not created equal. There are some good quaility ones that work very
well.
Make sure your next mouse is an optical one (but not a wireless one because
I have seen that they are more trouble than they are worth.

"Sarah" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I got some stains on my mousepad and so I removed it from my desk to clean
> it.
>
> While it was drying, I needed to use my computer, and therefore used the
> mouse without the pad. I actually found there to be no difference rolling
> the mouse across the wooden desktop and, I might say, even a bit more
> comfortable and efficient.
>
> My question, therefore, is are mousepads really necessary anymore on
> surfaces that permit the mouse to be functional? And am I doing any damage
> to the mouseball in the process? By the way, the mouse is a Microsoft
> Intellimouse 1.1A.
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback/advice!
>
> Sarah
>
>

[Jim Macklin]

On a slick top, such as glass or Formica. the rubber
mouseball will tend to slide. The mouse pad is just a
friction surface for the ball that still allows you to move
the mouse base around easily. Optical mice need a surface
that has a simple pattern at the optical level that is not
too shiny so glass and polished metal are not good.

You can buy replacement mouse balls from www.cyberguys.com


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"Kenny" > wrote in message
...
| use your mouse on the desk if you see a better
performance. All mousepads
| are not created equal. There are some good quaility ones
that work very
| well.
| Make sure your next mouse is an optical one (but not a
wireless one because
| I have seen that they are more trouble than they are
worth.
|
| "Sarah" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Hi,
| >
| > I got some stains on my mousepad and so I removed it
from my desk to clean
| > it.
| >
| > While it was drying, I needed to use my computer, and
therefore used the
| > mouse without the pad. I actually found there to be no
difference rolling
| > the mouse across the wooden desktop and, I might say,
even a bit more
| > comfortable and efficient.
| >
| > My question, therefore, is are mousepads really
necessary anymore on
| > surfaces that permit the mouse to be functional? And am
I doing any damage
| > to the mouseball in the process? By the way, the mouse
is a Microsoft
| > Intellimouse 1.1A.
| >
| > Thanks in advance for any feedback/advice!
| >
| > Sarah
| >
| >
|
|